Speaker @ Lunch – 7 April 2016

Day

Reception & Welcome

MC

Grace

Fines Sergeant

4 Way Test & Thought for Day

14/4 Supper

Tony Moors Thandi Ndzombane

Regina Kasongo Linsley Pudney Nancy Nhliziyo Flip Potgieter

21/4 Lunch

Billy Pullen John Sharwood

Templeton Sipamla

Roy Snyman Pamela Sipamla

S’bongile Tsiu

DUTIES FOR APRIL 2016

INSIDE ISSUE

Speaker @ Lunch 1 Thought for the Day 2

Charter Dinner 2

Meeting Schedule 2

Maternal & Child Health 2

BULLETIN 7 APRIL

GUEST SPEAKER ON:

BIRTHDAYS IN APRIL

14/4 Wayne Bolton - One Land, Love it 21/4 Andi - Chinese Culture

12 Terry Jooste

4

None in April

9 Mazoe Nopece

PARTNER BIRTHDAYS

ANNIVERSARIES

Lisa Taylor studied Pharmacy at NMMU, but stopped to compete in the 1996 Cape to Rio Yacht Race, then went on to become a profession sail maker and Yacht Skipper. Lisa became a resident in the northern part of Madagascar, near Russian Bay, and she started the ‘Children of the Forest’ school project there.

This is a registered non-profit company operating out of SA and Madagascar. The mission is to build schools for children in remote villages and to provide a safe place to play and give them access to toys and educational games. She also set up a veggie garden and a water system. Without these ‘schools’ - which on the slides look like very small huts made

of wood, with palm leaf roofs - the local children would not have any schooling, as their parents are too poor to send them to the nearest town to the local schools there.

Madagascar is a beautiful place with palm trees and sandy beaches, fresh tropical fruit and lots of island rum! The island has few roads so people get around by chauffeur driven speedboat - so you can do some fishing on the way. Many Malagasy people are subsistence farmers, and if a well dries up or there is a dispute, they just pack up and leave. Lisa plans to start a volunteer program there is 2018, with the support of the villagers who are happy to accommodate the volunteers, albeit in their tiny single roomed cottages. A local lady, Patricia, does all the liaising with the parents and the village chiefs, who, together with the elders, still make decisions for the people in their area. There is also a SA couple, Dries and Lynette De Jager, who run the Joshua Genera-tion School on Nosy BE.

Their first school started with 6 learners, and by the and of the first month there were 11 children. Parents are included in decision making and they asked for a dispensary - which they now have, well stocked with first aid kits.

An additional project is to upgrade the existing school in the nearby village of Am-banghi, which has about 102 children attending a small school. The school currently has to have morning and afternoon classes as it is too small, but afternoon attendance is very low because that’s when the children have to carry water or wood for their supper. The idea is to build an additional building which will mean everyone can go to school in the morning. Amidst all the poverty the people there are happy and friendly. All visitors are welcome and they are extremely generous with the little they have!

Venue: PE St Georges Club, 12 Bird Street. Tel: 041 585 1919 Day: Thursday - Time: 13.00 — 14.00 Website: www.rotaryportelizabeth.co.za

Bank Name: Standard Bank Account Name: PE Rotary Club Account Number: 080 280 870 Branch Code: 050417 Branch Name: Rink Street Reference:Your name + what for.

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President: Denise Pudney: denisepudneyproperties@gmail.com Secretary: Linsley Pudney: ldpudney@hinet.co.za Editors: Jill v d Marwitz & Denise Pudney: denisepudneyproperties@gmail.com General Enquiries: info@rotaryportelizabeth.co.za Website: www.rotaryportelizabeth.co.za Twin Club: Rotary Club of Singer Island, Florida, USA www.singerislandrotary.org

Meeting Schedule for April

Bertie Kommel gave us two quotes: “Never tell your problems to anyone. Only 20%

will listen, and the other 80 % don’t care!”

“Speak only if it impacts positively on the silence.”

Thought for the Day

7 Lunch = R50

14 Supper @ normal venue 5 for 5:30 - 6:30 = R50

21 Lunch = R60

26 Charter Dinner @ President’s Suite, St George’s

Park, Park Drive. 6:30 for 7:00pm sharp.

We look forward to our Rotary Club’s 91st

CHARTER DINNER

on Tuesday, the 26th April

@ President’s Suite, St George’s Club, Park Drive. 6:30 for 7pm sharp.

Prof Derrick Swartz, the Vice Chancellor of NMMU,

will be our guest speaker.

As this will be a special event, please feel free to invite family, friends, and potential Rotarians

to join you.

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Members’ Matters We welcome Bertie Kommel back after visiting family in Australia. It’s good to see you again.

Sharon Nell is now suffering greatly with problems relating to her back. She is due to see a Neurosurgeon soon, and she hopes that he will be able to operate to relieve the pain.

The Neurosurgeon thinks that her continuous knee prob-lems over the past few years have affected the way she walks, which in turn has affected her spine.

We’re thinking of you Sharon, and trust that all will go well if / when he operates.

Rotarians aim to improve access to medical services for mothers and their children. These efforts are aimed at reducing the number of children under age five who die each year because of malnutrition, inadequate health care, and poor sanitation – a figure that is currently estimated at 7 million.

According to another estimate, more than 80% of maternal deaths can be prevented with access to reproductive health services and trained health care workers. Our members provide education, immuni-zations, birthing kits, and mobile health clinics to support these causes. Women are taught how to prevent mother-to-infant HIV transmission, how to breast-feed, and how to protect themselves and their children from disease.

April - Maternal & Child Health Month